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Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor
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PepeDeLosPalotes
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Omake: Getting an Army to Stand
POV: PDF Colonel Chuna Aquax, PDF Main (and only) Office, Town of Blamordt Central, Blamordt, Myto Sector
Colonel Aquax laid back in his chair in his office. His new office. Colonel Aquax had a larger office back when he was in the Imperial Army, but the regulations had always made it feel sterile. Not so with this office, as he was now the highest local non-Imperial Military commanding officer on the planet. The mounted beast heads attributed to the fact that he could now decorate this office as he wished.
And what a slog it was getting this office. After months of politics and wrangling and being wrangled for concessions from the Farming Clans, Blamordt is finally going to stand up its own PDF. Blamordt may be a world with a minuscule population mostly engaging in subsistence agriculture and industries, but it was older than most of the new colonies in the Myto Sector. The fact that it still relied on militias assembled by the Clans until this point was a disgrace!
"Colonel Aquax, word just got back from the Temporary Gov- I mean Temporary Administrator. They finished their requirements for the PDF."
Ah Grabranga, Colonel Aquax's faithful secretary and advisor, bringing news he had been waiting for. That Temporary Administrator had been on Blamordt longer than he had and it definitely showed with how much influence he had garnered. What was their name again? Klaabingo? Klaabishi? Klabagal? Klaa-whatever. Anyway they had done great work promoting Imperial interests on this minor world. The Colonel's proposals to professionalize Blamordt's local forces would have gotten much more pushback by the Clans without their efforts.
"Wonderful Grabranga! Well don't keep me in suspense, how many troops are we going to have to work with?"
It was going to be less than the several thousand the Clans could raise in the emergency. However Colonel Aquax was optimistic. Support for the local and the wider Imperial government was at an all time high. While Blamordt was still too small to qualify for the big internal subsidy package last year, immigration numbers were relatively massive. They had even broken into the next five figure number.
"After accepting all volunteers and making sure they met physical requirements, we have a total of 300 frontline troops to work with. Plus support staff."
3…300!? W, well there is a difference in training a few days a month and committing to being a full time soldier. Not to mention most of population share a longer ties to their Clan than the local Imperial government. Still he expected the consistent uptick in goodwill to translate into a bit more to work with. We were going to have to go for quality over quantity it seems. Perhaps the budget can make up for our small numbers?
"That is less than I'd been hoping for. What's our procurement budget looking like. How many tanks are we able to buy? Maybe we can get a small gunship to beef up our nascent fleet?"
Despite Grabranga's demeanor remaining professional, there was a hint of pity in her eyes. Right, Blamordt doesn't really have much in economic value. Its soil quality is marginal at best and so only fit for hardy, low yield crops of pitiful economic value. There are only small deposits of extremely common minerals that even their refined products are not worth exporting. To top it all off they are so far from any trade lanes that any commerce and tourism tend to be an accident rather than intentional. If it wasn't for the Temporary Administrator's strange amount of support from the Sector Government, Blamordt would be not be "prospering", relatively speaking, as much as it is.
"Colonel, despite the uptick in what passes for the economy in the past few years, this is still Blamordt. That said, we do have access to more resources than we otherwise would. The local government has assembled a bit of a reserve in addition to securing some financial commitments from the Clans. Still, the Temporary Administrator requested that any proposals to remain in the budget of a quarter of a million credits for all major military equipment and vehicle spending on procurement for the PDF. Although the Temporary Administrator has managed to get shipping fees and tariffs covered by the Sector Government in the name of "vital defense spending" and the Guild has sent assurances that they will put our orders on a higher shipping priority level than we would warrant. So we can take the money a bit farther than normal."
Okay, shoestring budget it was then. At least their small numbers means they won't go over budget just giving everyone a gun. Even then it will be better to go with the cheapest option for most cases and capabilities for the PDF. Colonel Aquax consulted the Guild purchasing site on his office's HoloNet connection. Connection to the wider sector had been improving over the years even for a backwater like Blamordt. Even if the amount of lag would be unacceptable on any more developed world.
"Then let's not wait around any longer and come up with an initial proposal. Our budget means we are going to have look at the bottom of every category in the Guild catalog. At least the Guild's reliable, so we are going to be getting what we order in a reasonable timeframe."
Dredging the listing of the cheapest offers in the Guild's military market database for several hours with his secretary gave Colonel Aquax some idea of what they could afford. Unfortunately it was looking like slugthrowers were the only option as main weapon. If Blamordt was to have any standardization and regular maintenance cycles they would have to be uniform and at least decently new as well. Luckily it looked like Primitech Solutions had an offer that was cheap enough in purchasing and maintenance. At least they can use what mining they do have for the bullets and spare parts they'll need. Used sidearms would have to be enough for anyone not in the only infantry company Blamordt is capable of reasonably fielding.
"Seems like somebody modified an old Republic chassis to act like an IFV. Good, getting parts for such a common and old model should be less of a monumental task than anything more modern or absolutely ancient."
For transport they were probably looking at requisitioning some cargo speeders from the Clans and slapping some cheap armor on them. They were still going to have to pay the Clans and for the modifications if they didn't want a revolt on their hands. The PDF was going to be meant to keep the Clans honest, not cause the Imperial Garrison to come down on the population's heads.
"That takes care of the ground forces as much as we can afford to. Now for air and space. While it is tempting to focus solely on the ground. We are going to need at least some presence up high to help the TIEs dissuade pirates from just strafing our villages with fighters then dropping their raiders from dropships. Also having in house fighter support and not having to beg the Garrison for close air support every time would do wonders for our PDF's operational agility and firepower."
Let's see what listings are rated just above what would classify as an Ugly. Hmm. It appears these starfighters are going for cheap. Apparently there was a successor unit that caused the predecessor to collapse. Three of these "Trigons" should do well for Bladmort's starfighter complement. Can't also forget the noncombat roles. There seems to be this rather cozy looking civilian model that seems perfect such light duties.
"Unfortunately Colonel, any attempts to get any combat built vessel above a starfighter is likely to be out of our price range. We would better off taking the cheapest used light or medium freighter we can find on the market and convert it into a Q-ship. It won't stand up to a proper warship, but it should be good enough for what you put down as the PDF's expected duties."
Grabranga's suggestion mirrored Colonel Aquax's thoughts on the matter. Even a bare bones Q-ship would be taking up a significant portion of their budget. Still they couldn't exactly perform search and rescue missions with just starfighter sized ships alone. With a bit of reluctance he set the budget for the Q-ship at what he had left over in their budget.
It wasn't the largest or best equipped forces he had seen, but at least attempted to cover all its bases. It was mostly just an infantry company with some bloat added to it. They weren't even utilizing all 300 of their troops. However that was by design since replenishment rates were unknown to cagey at best. Most of the rest would be trained up as reserve specialists so they wouldn't be down a third of their combat starfighters if a pilot caught a cold for instance.
"That was much less pleasant than I would thought it would be. At least we have something of a plan put together to present to the Temporary Administrator. The Blamordt PDF are going to be a sorry sight for anyone even remotely familiar with what a military is supposed to look like, but at least it is a start."
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Blamordt Planetary Defense Force Proposal
Expected Duties
Manpower Available
Space and Air Forces Procurement Budget
I was trapped for 16+ hours doing an activity in a hot gymnasium yesterday and this is what came out. Witness to the birth of the completely stoppable Blamordt Planetary Defense Force! This was mainly done to showcase what kind of standing army a very minor planet in Star Wars is capable of fielding by itself. Also to give an example of what a small, unimportant world would be left to defend itself with should the Empire, Rebellion, or New Republic withdraw its troops from it. Short answer: not a lot. These are the kinds of worlds that would fall even below the Frontier System classification for the Myto Sector. Colonies in the beginning stages or older worlds that just never progressed to being able to contribute anything of value on the sector or even subsector level. Blamordt is technically in a better position than most of its peers due to having access to Myto's more open military market. For inspiration I looked into the militaries of minor Caribbean islands, those that have or had them at least.
It also serves as a bit of a counterpoint to the New Republic's promotion of system self defense. It is great policy for worlds that can field and fund armies by themselves. However once you get below 100,000 population, outside garrisons whether military or mercenary practically becomes a necessity for survival. Without some outside force sending military forces to guard them, founding new colonies or maintaining other low population worlds becomes difficult to impossible as they are easy prey to the moderate to large predatory forces in the galaxy.
Crossposted on SV and SB
POV: PDF Colonel Chuna Aquax, PDF Main (and only) Office, Town of Blamordt Central, Blamordt, Myto Sector
Colonel Aquax laid back in his chair in his office. His new office. Colonel Aquax had a larger office back when he was in the Imperial Army, but the regulations had always made it feel sterile. Not so with this office, as he was now the highest local non-Imperial Military commanding officer on the planet. The mounted beast heads attributed to the fact that he could now decorate this office as he wished.
And what a slog it was getting this office. After months of politics and wrangling and being wrangled for concessions from the Farming Clans, Blamordt is finally going to stand up its own PDF. Blamordt may be a world with a minuscule population mostly engaging in subsistence agriculture and industries, but it was older than most of the new colonies in the Myto Sector. The fact that it still relied on militias assembled by the Clans until this point was a disgrace!
"Colonel Aquax, word just got back from the Temporary Gov- I mean Temporary Administrator. They finished their requirements for the PDF."
Ah Grabranga, Colonel Aquax's faithful secretary and advisor, bringing news he had been waiting for. That Temporary Administrator had been on Blamordt longer than he had and it definitely showed with how much influence he had garnered. What was their name again? Klaabingo? Klaabishi? Klabagal? Klaa-whatever. Anyway they had done great work promoting Imperial interests on this minor world. The Colonel's proposals to professionalize Blamordt's local forces would have gotten much more pushback by the Clans without their efforts.
"Wonderful Grabranga! Well don't keep me in suspense, how many troops are we going to have to work with?"
It was going to be less than the several thousand the Clans could raise in the emergency. However Colonel Aquax was optimistic. Support for the local and the wider Imperial government was at an all time high. While Blamordt was still too small to qualify for the big internal subsidy package last year, immigration numbers were relatively massive. They had even broken into the next five figure number.
"After accepting all volunteers and making sure they met physical requirements, we have a total of 300 frontline troops to work with. Plus support staff."
3…300!? W, well there is a difference in training a few days a month and committing to being a full time soldier. Not to mention most of population share a longer ties to their Clan than the local Imperial government. Still he expected the consistent uptick in goodwill to translate into a bit more to work with. We were going to have to go for quality over quantity it seems. Perhaps the budget can make up for our small numbers?
"That is less than I'd been hoping for. What's our procurement budget looking like. How many tanks are we able to buy? Maybe we can get a small gunship to beef up our nascent fleet?"
Despite Grabranga's demeanor remaining professional, there was a hint of pity in her eyes. Right, Blamordt doesn't really have much in economic value. Its soil quality is marginal at best and so only fit for hardy, low yield crops of pitiful economic value. There are only small deposits of extremely common minerals that even their refined products are not worth exporting. To top it all off they are so far from any trade lanes that any commerce and tourism tend to be an accident rather than intentional. If it wasn't for the Temporary Administrator's strange amount of support from the Sector Government, Blamordt would be not be "prospering", relatively speaking, as much as it is.
"Colonel, despite the uptick in what passes for the economy in the past few years, this is still Blamordt. That said, we do have access to more resources than we otherwise would. The local government has assembled a bit of a reserve in addition to securing some financial commitments from the Clans. Still, the Temporary Administrator requested that any proposals to remain in the budget of a quarter of a million credits for all major military equipment and vehicle spending on procurement for the PDF. Although the Temporary Administrator has managed to get shipping fees and tariffs covered by the Sector Government in the name of "vital defense spending" and the Guild has sent assurances that they will put our orders on a higher shipping priority level than we would warrant. So we can take the money a bit farther than normal."
Okay, shoestring budget it was then. At least their small numbers means they won't go over budget just giving everyone a gun. Even then it will be better to go with the cheapest option for most cases and capabilities for the PDF. Colonel Aquax consulted the Guild purchasing site on his office's HoloNet connection. Connection to the wider sector had been improving over the years even for a backwater like Blamordt. Even if the amount of lag would be unacceptable on any more developed world.
"Then let's not wait around any longer and come up with an initial proposal. Our budget means we are going to have look at the bottom of every category in the Guild catalog. At least the Guild's reliable, so we are going to be getting what we order in a reasonable timeframe."
Dredging the listing of the cheapest offers in the Guild's military market database for several hours with his secretary gave Colonel Aquax some idea of what they could afford. Unfortunately it was looking like slugthrowers were the only option as main weapon. If Blamordt was to have any standardization and regular maintenance cycles they would have to be uniform and at least decently new as well. Luckily it looked like Primitech Solutions had an offer that was cheap enough in purchasing and maintenance. At least they can use what mining they do have for the bullets and spare parts they'll need. Used sidearms would have to be enough for anyone not in the only infantry company Blamordt is capable of reasonably fielding.
"Seems like somebody modified an old Republic chassis to act like an IFV. Good, getting parts for such a common and old model should be less of a monumental task than anything more modern or absolutely ancient."
For transport they were probably looking at requisitioning some cargo speeders from the Clans and slapping some cheap armor on them. They were still going to have to pay the Clans and for the modifications if they didn't want a revolt on their hands. The PDF was going to be meant to keep the Clans honest, not cause the Imperial Garrison to come down on the population's heads.
"That takes care of the ground forces as much as we can afford to. Now for air and space. While it is tempting to focus solely on the ground. We are going to need at least some presence up high to help the TIEs dissuade pirates from just strafing our villages with fighters then dropping their raiders from dropships. Also having in house fighter support and not having to beg the Garrison for close air support every time would do wonders for our PDF's operational agility and firepower."
Let's see what listings are rated just above what would classify as an Ugly. Hmm. It appears these starfighters are going for cheap. Apparently there was a successor unit that caused the predecessor to collapse. Three of these "Trigons" should do well for Bladmort's starfighter complement. Can't also forget the noncombat roles. There seems to be this rather cozy looking civilian model that seems perfect such light duties.
"Unfortunately Colonel, any attempts to get any combat built vessel above a starfighter is likely to be out of our price range. We would better off taking the cheapest used light or medium freighter we can find on the market and convert it into a Q-ship. It won't stand up to a proper warship, but it should be good enough for what you put down as the PDF's expected duties."
Grabranga's suggestion mirrored Colonel Aquax's thoughts on the matter. Even a bare bones Q-ship would be taking up a significant portion of their budget. Still they couldn't exactly perform search and rescue missions with just starfighter sized ships alone. With a bit of reluctance he set the budget for the Q-ship at what he had left over in their budget.
It wasn't the largest or best equipped forces he had seen, but at least attempted to cover all its bases. It was mostly just an infantry company with some bloat added to it. They weren't even utilizing all 300 of their troops. However that was by design since replenishment rates were unknown to cagey at best. Most of the rest would be trained up as reserve specialists so they wouldn't be down a third of their combat starfighters if a pilot caught a cold for instance.
"That was much less pleasant than I would thought it would be. At least we have something of a plan put together to present to the Temporary Administrator. The Blamordt PDF are going to be a sorry sight for anyone even remotely familiar with what a military is supposed to look like, but at least it is a start."
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Blamordt Planetary Defense Force Proposal
Expected Duties
- Engage small armed criminal groups on the planet that law enforcement cannot handle.
- Defend against any small pirate raids coming from outside the planet
- Suppress and prevent any individual Clan engaging in dissident or otherwise aggressive behavior against the Imperial government or its subjects.
- Deal with any minor military duties to avoid having to call on the local Imperial Garrison
- Fight alongside the local Imperial Garrison in any larger military operations
Manpower Available
- 300 frontline personnel and enough support personnel to keep the units functional.
- Several(ish) thousand militia soldiers from the Clans to be called in case of emergency. Not available for deployment outside of cases of emergency. Second hand, low quality, and/or improvised weapons. Little to no support equipment. Little to no training. Varied and Clan-based organizational structure numbering from 10 to 100+.
- 1st (and only) company of infantry equipped with B-65 Colonial Defense Rifles. (50,000 Credits)
- 3 used Guild Suppressor Landspeeders. (90,000 Credits)
- 2 armored up used Cargo Speeders for infantry transports. (10,000 Credits)
- Various used sidearms for non-infantry. (5,000 Credit budget)
Space and Air Forces Procurement Budget
- 1 used Civilian Model PER-C Light Duty for support duties. (30,000 Credits)
- 3 used Trigon Class Starfighters. (75,000 Credits)
- 1 used light or medium freighter converted into a Q-ship as the "flagship" for the PDF fleet. (40,000 Credit purchasing and refit budget)
I was trapped for 16+ hours doing an activity in a hot gymnasium yesterday and this is what came out. Witness to the birth of the completely stoppable Blamordt Planetary Defense Force! This was mainly done to showcase what kind of standing army a very minor planet in Star Wars is capable of fielding by itself. Also to give an example of what a small, unimportant world would be left to defend itself with should the Empire, Rebellion, or New Republic withdraw its troops from it. Short answer: not a lot. These are the kinds of worlds that would fall even below the Frontier System classification for the Myto Sector. Colonies in the beginning stages or older worlds that just never progressed to being able to contribute anything of value on the sector or even subsector level. Blamordt is technically in a better position than most of its peers due to having access to Myto's more open military market. For inspiration I looked into the militaries of minor Caribbean islands, those that have or had them at least.
It also serves as a bit of a counterpoint to the New Republic's promotion of system self defense. It is great policy for worlds that can field and fund armies by themselves. However once you get below 100,000 population, outside garrisons whether military or mercenary practically becomes a necessity for survival. Without some outside force sending military forces to guard them, founding new colonies or maintaining other low population worlds becomes difficult to impossible as they are easy prey to the moderate to large predatory forces in the galaxy.
Crossposted on SV and SB
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AdrianXIV
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Like, this method (that can be described as "every planet for itself") has as much sense as Nute Gunray saying "Credits can't give you happiness"
Yacov
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Thinking about it. It is quite impressive in Star Wars how quickly a planet can go from sci fi tech being used in grand field battles and war fronts to post apocalypse/Wild West wasteland once all the big factions of the galaxy pack up and leave.
The largest battle on a plant during one decade can be thousands of heavily armored soldiers with blasters and tanks galore. Then the largest battle in the next decade is two groups of a dozen dudes going at it with slugthrowers and sci fi versions medieval weaponry. It all depends who comes along for the fight. long as none of the big boys come knocking, even a pipe gun can be a viable weapon on a backwater world in the Outer Rim.
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